Quick Guide to the contents of the Archives

John Bowes’ letters to and from family, friends, land agents, solicitors, business partners, art dealers etc covering estate management, political activity, horse racing, coalmining business, properties, life in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War and Commune 1870-1871, museum collections and building the museum 1810s-1880s
NB. The Strathmore Archives and The Bowes Museum archives at Durham Record Office include associated material